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Re:Sharpest ever view of the Andromeda Galaxy (2015) by pc86 on Wednesday July 06, 2016 @10:20AM (#12043204)
On an astrological scale isn't 2.5 million years a very, very short period of time?
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Re:Sharpest ever view of the Andromeda Galaxy (2015) by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday July 06, 2016 @10:25AM (#12043234)
Yes. Our own galactic 'year' is 250 million years (the time it takes to rotate in place once). So 2.5 million years is about a galactic day (or maybe a weekend).
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Re:Sharpest ever view of the Andromeda Galaxy (2015) by yitchelle on Wednesday July 06, 2016 @04:21PM (#12045634)
Wow, I feel so small, physically and temporally!
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